A Time for Strategic Autonomy, Building Up National Strength...
Shivshankar Menon writes about the need to strengthen India's autonomy while working with major powers and our neighbours....
The four “I”s undermining democracy...
It will be an important year for democracy around the world. In April and May, India heads to the polls in what will be the largest organized...
India’s role as a democracy in the liberal international order...
Since its independence from Britain in 1947, India has evolved into a strong electoral democracy the largest in the world and one that has proven...
Deepening democracy through diversity: Improving cooperation with India...
Executive Summary The policy literature on democracy often overlooks a number of factors that have important implications for democracy’s...
Is Islam exceptional? And what does it mean for the future of Western...
In his book “Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle over Islam is Reshaping the World”, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Shadi...
Warring over disarmament in the UN...
For most people the UN is the venue of an annual kabuki theatre where world leaders come to make sonorous speeches and snipe at each other to score...
For a greater global role, here’s why India should take SDGs...
On 19 July, India presented its first voluntary national report on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the UN. Although...
Democracy eroding...
Dhruva Jaishankar participates in an interview panel on “democracy eroding”, on ‘Reality Check’, NDTV 24×7...
India has played a significant role in shaping 3 key deals in 2015...
2015 will be remembered for bold initiatives at the bilateral, plurilateral and multilateral level As 2015 draws to an end, it will be remembered for...
Avoiding a cop out in Paris...
Three of the most exciting initiatives have emerged on the sidelines of the official deliberations, and Indians have played a prominent role in all of...
Great power dance at the United Nations...
Coupled with the re-engagement of existing and emerging powers with the proceedings, the UNGA is becoming an important venue for a great power dance...
SGDs: India’s potential path to global power...
Fact: India is home to more than 30% of the world’s extremely poor people Fact: Uttar Pradesh accounts for 8% of world’s population...
From Pittsburgh to Antalya...
The G-20 may have to revert to its crisis management role, but in more complex conditions The G-20 finance ministers and Central Bank governors...
Keeping peace among peacekeepers...
The word peacekeeping does not appear anywhere in the Charter of the UN. Yet, ever since the first peacekeeping operation was launched in May 1948 in...
Why multilateralism matters for India...
Conventional wisdom suggests that great powers and aspiring great powers prefer bilateralism to multilateralism or plurilateralism; they consider the...
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Trump’s Victory has Opened the Disinformation Floodgates
It will be an important year for democracy around the world. In April and May, India heads to the polls in what will be the largest organized political activity in history. Israel, Indonesia, and Ukraine just held very contentious elections while Spain, Australia, Canada, Tunisia, Argentina, Sri Lanka, and the European Parliament are set for important votes later this year. Meanwhile, the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign season is already underway. These electoral contests come at a tough time for democracy, not just because of notable instances of resurgent authoritarianism and populism, but also disruption and corruption in places like France, […]